Bank.



A. I. ZEIGER.

BANK.

APPLIGATION FILED PEB.13, 190a.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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ABRAHAM I. ZEIGER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BANK.

Application filed February 13, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM I. ZEIGER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Banks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to banks, and more particularly to that type of bank loaned or freely distributed by banking houses to be used by the depositors in collecting and saving small coins.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive bank that can be advantageously used for advertisement purposes by the bank or distributing agency, the banks being provided with locks whereby the same cannot be opened except by an authorized party having the proper key.

A further object of this invention is to provide a flexible savings bank that can also be used as a purse.

I attain the above objects by the construction that will be presently described in detail and then specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

Reference will now be had to the drawing forming a part of this application wherein there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, and it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or changed Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is an elevation of a bank constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of the bank partly broken away and partly in section.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a bag made of leather or a similar flexible and durable material, the mouth of the bag being provided with metallic pivoted clasp members 2 and 3, similar to an ordinary purse. The metallic clasp members are held in a closed position by any desired form of lock 4 requiring a key to lock and unlock the members. The confronting edges of the members 2 and 3 at one side of the lock 4 are cut away, to form a slot 5 when said members are closed, and secured to the member 2 are curved leaf springs 6, said springs extending into the cut away portion of the member 3 when the members are closed, and serving as Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Serial No. 4377,601.

a retention device for a coin deposited in the bank.

The leaf springs 6 are secured to one of the members, in this instance the member 2, at points adjacent the ends of the cutaway ortion of the member, and are of a lengt1 to project inwardly beyond the ends of the cut away portion of the members, these projecting free ends of the springs thus underlying a portion of the slot 5 so that the distance between the ends of the springs is considerably less than the length of the slot 5. Thus when a coin is placed in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, it will be observed that the coin is prevented from freely dropping into the bag 1, but requires pressure being applied to the coin to force the same downwardly between the ends of the springs. Since the springs have a bowed form, that is, they curve downwardly toward their free ends they will readily spring outwardly to allow the passage of the coin, and, upon the coin passing out of engagement with said springs, they will instantly return to their normal position, and in such position will effectually prevent the extraction of the coin through the slot 5, since the spring 6 being of a width greater than the width of the slot 5, it will be evident that they cannot be drawn upwardly through the slot 5.

The body of the bag 1 can be used for ad vertisement purposes, advertising the banking house distributing the banks.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

A bank of the type described, comprising a bag, ivoted clasp members carried by the moutn of said bag, a lock carried by one of said members for securing said members to gether, the confronting edges of said members adjacent to said lock being cut away to provide a slot when said members are closed, and leaf springs each secured adjacent one end thereof to one of said clasp members, said springs being bowed. downwardly and being of a width greater than the width of said slot, the free ends of the springs underlying the slot when the clasp-members are closed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ABRAHAM I. ZEIGER.

Witnesses:

MAX H. SROLOVITZ, K. H. BUTLER. 

